CALL ME MAGGIE

Economist

  • The necessity of self-promotion

    Women may fail to win chairs because they do not cite themselves enough. One of academia’s deficiencies is that, though its lecture halls and graduate schools are replete with women, its higher echelons are not. Often, this is seen as… Continue reading

    The necessity of self-promotion

  • The Unsurprising Rarity of Homo Economicus

    “SOVEREIGN in tastes, steely-eyed and point-on in perception of risk, and relentless in maximisation of happiness.” This was Daniel McFadden’s memorable summation, in 2006, of the idea of Everyman held by economists. That this description is unlike any real person… Continue reading

    The Unsurprising Rarity of Homo Economicus